h. w. bush the senior and scowcroft was a person underestimated by many and a very strong intellect, hard-working, and he basically said about the job you take this job, you've had this in the first year and it's not just trust with the president come its trust with your peers and the people that wrote so they were for the purposes. it takes about a year to do that. once you do that, then. don't go on what options, and do this internally. the perfect example was the middle of the second year of good george h. w. bush administration and people figured out how saddam hussein is not going to invade kuwait so the administration, would we do, what do we do? one senior advisory national security and everyone is kind of and by the way we have here so at that time scowcroft said that was off base. the rule is we need to enforce that. you shouldn't experts to read this should be a rule all know and stopping hitler and this was a perfect case in which should not stand it should be readers so he throws the

h. w. bush's secretary of defense was basically pounding people down and not letting member show any strength in terms of their own position. others like pundits and to get power by enhancing other people. anyway @booktv sorry. >> host: added zero jones. >> guest: myself, a prisoner was not deeply involved one senior person, deal with military since he was not particularly strong. in any way. if you believe bob woodward's story, and i do, he finally told obama, not a good staff member. a point me to a cabinet position he was already waiting for issues to come to have to figure out rather than make sure he was the one who brought the issues to the present. and he would -- and so he was not -- his style was to lose different. he wanted to structure a former process that no present other than eisenhower has been interested in structuring. obama was similar to kennedy in the sense that he was cerebral, like to have people around, interested more in people who could contribute to the session. and he wa

h. w. bush. all of that was the issue will. one of the candid it's, some of these candidates swept a lot more than other people. some people swear more. we all know that. well, the people who sweat always want the temperature to be 30 degrees. >> to initiate the temperature. >> and it's all, for instance, the formats, that is the format. bob dole. bob dole is a man who talks in bursts. one-liners. never talks for more than about two and a half minutes. so his negotiators, we want to give up anything in order for those answers to be on the -- never more than two and a half minutes want. so, of course, against the oakland he could talk for two and a half hours on any given question. so in order to get that plan also wanted a town hall thing. in order, they swapped. their negotiators walked. dole got what he wanted which was sort answers all the debates in exchange for clemens people getting what clinton wanted, which was a town hall debate for the first time. and everything, everything about what the size of the holding rooms are

h. w. bush administration etc. and these are on the record and available for stock. we had one of the national security advisers and to that she attacked when interviews. we also had an interview with brzezinski i should add but we were not able to get into the degree to publish to read estimate we've been talking with i.m. destler, the author inn chateau the oval office profile of the national security of pfizer's when the presidents they served from jfk to george w. bush. thanks for your time. >> it's been a pleasure. thank you for having me. the making of africa and america is the name of the book. professor year the university of maryland is the author and the subtitle for great migrations i gave the title greater recourse the trans-atlantic slave trade in the first middle passage, the movement of some 400,000 african to the mainland north america. second, migration is the internals late trade the movement over a million the old south as it is sometimes called the black belt to the deep south, georgia, alabama, mississippi, louisiana, across the mississippi river

h. w. bush put on a meeting with them. and also because of his results in to bloodshed. and the closest they, could say anything but traveled everywhere. he disclosed that he wrote a letter of resignation to gorbachev saying you surround yourself with these people and they will destroy you. he didn't deliver his letter of resignation because his secretary said you can't do this. this is what gorbachev needs you. he put it away for a week and decided not to. he believed in gorbachev and that gorbachev was not cut in the mold of the old soviet leaders, that he wanted to affect democratic change. >> host: he does quote the line from gorbachev in your book that he wanted to get rid of those hard-liners and old communist party and war apparatus and something like i've got to keep that loud rabid dog on a leash, otherwise it will turn on us and turn on the reforms. what do you make of that? >> guest: an interesting moment in 1991 when gorbachev was confronted with rebellion in the communist party and

h. w. bush put off a meeting with him. also because he was referring to bloodshed and the diary -- for one who could say anything to him and -- he disclosed he wrote a letter of resignation to gorbachev saying you surround yourself with these people who will destroy you. he didn't deliver his letter of resignation because his secretary said you can't do this. this is the time when gorbachev need you. he put it away for a week. he believed in gorbachev. he believed gorbachev was not the old soviet leaders -- didn't want to affect democratic change. >> host: that line in your book, that gorbachev when pressed to get rid of those hard-liners in the old communist party and repressive apparatus like i got to keep that allow the rabid dog on a leash otherwise it will turn on us and the reforms. what do you make of that? >> when gorbachev was confronted with rebellion in the communist party and he said i am quitting. it was a ploy. he wasn't quitting. he was just saying to them i am not president. if i

h. w. bush and pointed him to be ambassador to russia. he said at the time in quoting "the washington post" i am no worse expert but i never knew anything about any job i have had until i got there. that is something else he can't say today and still have your point may go through. [laughter] it was a different time in the press and also in the congress. there was a lot less vitriolic and it's funny to read the congressional hearings or his nomination. at some point on my computer i would do a control f to find the word laughter because whoever was typing it out was writing klafter and you would see the jokes bop was make enduring his examination hearing. so he had congress in his pocket. and that doesn't happen anymore. probably for the best. and i would be happy to take questions now. [applause] >> if you have a question if he could come up to the microphone so it can be part of the recording. if nobody does, have a lot of questions. >> where is he now? >> he is going to be 93 next week, and he still lives at the watergate where he has

h. w. bush. the senate must confirm both of those nomination. >>> an unusual crime scene in a northern virginia home. >>> plus, investigators say they know what caused a deadly christmas morning fire in connecticut. we'll have more on that story coming up next. >>> and over the past few years, several medical related stories topped the news. we'll take a closer look at those stories coming up.  >>> making headlines, a bizarre investigation in virginia i'm fredericksburg family says someone broke into their home before christmas and opened awful their presents but not a single one was stolen. the unwrappers got into the college avenue home by breaking a window. the police have not released a motive for this one yet. >>> we now know what caused that christmas morning house fire in connecticut that killed a couple and three of their grandchildren. officials say the fire was an accident caused by a hot fireplace that was smoldering when the embers were thrown away inside the house. neighbors s

h. w. bush. he took an interest in my career, and when president george h. w. bush was elected he took the with him to be the white house soviet specialist and i was fortunate to be the white house soviet specialist at the end of the cold war and frankly it doesn't get much better than that. but the second lesson is find people who are interested in you and your career who can help to guide you and open up opportunities. we sometimes say i want to get there on my own. nobody gets there absolutely on their own. there are always mentors, and there is another important lesson. sometimes we say you have to have a role models and mentors to look like you. well if i had been waiting for a black woman soviet specialist mentor i would still be waiting. [laughter] so, your mentor, your role model can come in any color, shape or size, just find somebody who really cares about you and about your career and the final part of that story is that in 1990 the key to the white house and we were sitting together on the lawn of the white house aide marine one of the presidential h

h. w. bush appointed him ambassador scotia and he said at the time and the "washington post" on no russia expert but i never knew anything about any job i had until i got there and that is something else you can't say today and have your appointment go through. it was a different time in the press and also in the congress there's a lot less futrell, and was funny to read the hearing for his nomination at some point on my computer i would do a control s to find the word laughter because whoever was typing it would write laughter and you could see the jokes he was making during his nomination hearings. so he had congress in his pockets and that doesn't happen probably for the best. i would be happy to take questions now. [applause] >> if you could come up to the microphone savimbi part of the recording. if nobody does i have a lot of questions. >> where is he now? >> he is going to be 93 next week and she still lives at the watergate where he has been living since the 70's and he still goes in and

h. w. bush appointed bob ambassador of the soviet union at the time it was crumbling. bob landed in the middle of the two when it dealt some was yelling people and he went over and came back from christmas time and was ambassador to russia. he's i think i'm the only fellow that has been fired as ambassador. [laughter] so i did love know that uncle bob flew in to the coup. i just knew he got the cake for my seventh birthday. so i began writing this book of the journalism school. i took a book class with friedman and i think that where he yielded the most power and made one of his biggest mark on history was keeping the democratic party together from 1972 to 1976 and that is when the party was torn apart starting in 1968 after the debacle of the chicago convention and the assassination of rfk and martin luther king and the party was splintering over vietnam and a number of issues and he came and held the party together first as treasurer of the democratic national committee and then as the chairman of the national committee into the democratic party then looked a little

h. w. bush. he took an interest in my career, and when president george h. w. h was elected he took the with him to be the white house soviet specialist and i was fortunate to be the white house soviet specialist at the end of the cold war and frankly it doesn't get much better than that. but the second lesson is find people who are interested in you and your career who can help to guide you and open up opportunities. we sometimes say i want to get there on my own. nobody gets there absolutely on their own. there are always mentors, and there is another important lesson. sometimes we say you have to have a role models and mentors to look like you. well if i had been waiting for a black woman soviet specialist mentor i would still be waiting. [laughter] so, your mentor, your role model can come in any color, shape or size, just find somebody who really cares about you and about your career and the final part of that story is that in 1990 the key to the white house and we were sitting together on the lawn of the white house aide marine one of the presidential heli

h. w. bush, president clinton, a george w. bush. their commutations have negative impact on their standing. host: jim, you are on the "washington journal." caller: what were the pardons that george walker bush gave to his father, george herbert bush, before he left office? guest: i am not sure there were any pardons between them. the only party that has gone to a u.s. president was the ford pardoned -- the only pardon that has gone to u.s. president was of nixon.ardoned of u.s host: john, go ahead. i think we lost john. let's go to our line for independents. caller: i would like to make a comment. i just wonder who obama is going to pardon. also just like to make a comment -- where is the country had eaded to? host: how far in advance of the public find out about someone being considered for pardon? guest: we really have no way of knowing. there are probably several hundred applications pending. when the president is ready to issue some pardons, there will be a press release from the department of justice that will say, "this list o

h. w. bush andl michael dukakis who was then thf governor of massachusetts or vernor, former governor, and he was at:r democratic nominee. >> what do you remember about ey that debate?. >> i it was hairy in every way i had imagined, and even got hairy before the debate began. there was a, in those days the format was a moderator and three journalist panelists. and we had a meeting the night before in winston-salem, north carolina, it was going to be on the campus of wake forest university, and the four of us had a meeting to go over questions. and i was the moderator, the three panelists were peter jennings of abc news, annie grower who was in the orlando paper and john maasic who was in the atlanta paper. and we went over, we had dinner, and it was very secure, it was in a closed room in a downtown office building, and suddenly peter jennings said i've got an idea. let's forget the debate rules, let's just say, mr. bush, mr. dukakis, go at it with no rules, nothing. and i was stunned. and i got

h. w. bush, who was a friend of a lot of people in congress and was a politician. congress is made up of politicians. they could deal with a politician. >> we found this from peter jennings newscast from the fifth month of the year, 60 today, 1996. >> in maryland today, the body of william colby was recovered from a marshy area. he was repudiated as being missing after taking a canoe trip eight days ago. >> colby's wife, sally, who continued until the end to hold out hope that he was alive spoke to reporters. >> there's not much that was left undone for him. he fought the fascist and he fought the communists and he lived to see democracy taking hold of a world. >> officials at the scene say there is no indication of foul play. colby, a lifelong spy, with the perfect undercover agent. so inconspicuous he could never catch the waiter's eye at a restaurant. he was fired as cia director in the 1970's. he continued raising eyebrows by advocating nuclear bombs on lemont. the president -- nuclear disarmament. president clinton honored his memory. >> his children and his w

h. w. bush. >>> president obama traveling to kansas city, missouri today. he is set to speak on the economy at a high school south of kansas city. the president continues to pressure congress to reach an agreement on extending the payroll tax cut. there is now a countdown clock on the white house went web site ticking down to the end of the month when the clock expires. >>> coming up next, we'll go live to fox business network in new york for this morning's business beat. if your inbox at work leaves you feeling overwhelmed, you want to hear this one. find out what one company is doing to eliminate emmail altogether. >>> a gift that would come in handy if you have ever wanted to click your heels and head home. a pair of dorothy's ruby slippers from the wizard of oz hits the auction block later on this month. they are expected to go for as much as $3 million. this pair is one of four in existence. another, of course, is at the smithsonian. there is another pair in a private collection and another was stolen from the judy garland museum in michigan. we'll be

h. w. bush, he favors him. however you slice that.shment and if he doesn't win iowa is it the weight of that turns and crushes him? >> potentially. let's not forget he rolled a lot of these endorsements or favor abilitities of bush out when gingrich seemed he was on the rise, a moment you saw the establishment collectively turning toward romney. that also tends to happen in the final weeks before the voting begins. this is a national time for that i think on balance is probably a good thing. there's no sort of one outside insurgent. what we saw four years ago is a battle between outsiders and the establishment and the insiders there's no -- there's no sort of dichotomy that way now. i think it probably does help. >> newt gingrichs a outside. we will be back, rue mesh, app and john. >>> first, trivia time, who is the only president buried in the national cathedral in the answer, president woodrow wilson, who was born on this day in 1856. every year on december 28th, a military honor gashed lays a wreath at his tomb in the national cath

h. w. bush the numbers look similar. >> even hire approval rating. at the other indicators he has to make history again in defying the odds. he makes this a populus speech echoing republican president theodore roosevelt to say he is looking out for the middle class while republicans are looking out for the rich. they want to go back to the same follow sees that stacked the deck. they fend for themselves and play by their own rules. >> will that get him elected? >> it is ludicrous. you have a situation where the president of the united states normally one seeking real election would say here's my record this is what i have accomplished. this president has the three signature things that he has done to make the economy worse more regulation obama care stimulus plan. this is what we need to do. he got in path in national security and home policy. right now he is performing abysmally with respect to afghanistan and iraq. he's about to snatch defeat from a victory and iraq by pulling everybody out not being able to accomplish an agreement. >> in the white

h. w. bush.ted, president obama was one of the only one-term republican presidents since world war ii, but that said, he seems to be saying exactly the opposite of what we saw in that trailer is that we don't need a game changer, we need this best choice because he is mature and reasonable and i think the president said not a bomb thrower. so, what does that mean? has president bush not learned the game change lessons from '08? >> well, i think that president bush is an arch establishment tearian, for sure, some ways embodies the republican establishment, not surprising to see him fall in behind line behind mitt romney. the romney campaign rolled out a series of establishment endorsements, including bob dole, the 1996 republican nominee. i think a lot of republicans who believe in the establishment that they don't want someone who is a pugilist, someone who is going to try to take big punches at barack obama a lot of republican professionals, again, establishment tear yans, think if the key to wi

h. w. bush at how the public was feeling about him. >> remember, he had quite an impressive record of foreign affairs. he oversaw the berlin wall, delaware, the breakup of the soviet union, the head of the cold war. in 1991, the gulf war which most people thought was a great success of ousting saddam hussein from kuwait. the economy was stagnant. by 1992, pat buchanan was going after president bush as having a silver spoon in his mouth and was an elite out of touch -- there was a populist revolt within the republican party. also, you had another resurgence of jerry brown coming in. bill clinton gets the nomination. you have the new democrat bill clinton and george herbert walker +. suddenly ross perot goes on cnn and says i will run as an independent if i can be on the ballot in all 50 states. i am not going to go out there and run the typical campaign. people want my ideas, particularly balancing the budget and stopping of outsourcing of jobs. he was opposed to the war and iraq because he thoug

h. w. bush at how the public was feeling about him. >> remember, he had quite an impressive record of foreign affairs. he oversaw the berlin wall coming down, the breakup of the soviet union, the head of the cold war. in 1991, the gulf war which most people thought was a great success of ousting saddam hussein from kuwait. the economy was stagnant. by 1992, pat buchanan was going after president bush as having a silver spoon in his mouth and was an elite out of touch -- there was a populist revolt within the republican party. also, you had another resurgence of jerry brown coming in. bill clinton gets the nomination. you have the new democrat bill clinton and george herbert walker bush. suddenly ross perot goes on cnn and says i will run as an independent if i can be on the ballot in all 50 states. i am not going to go out there and run the typical campaign. people want my ideas, particularly balancing the budget and stopping of outsourcing of jobs. he was opposed to the war in iraq because he t

h. w. bush put off a meeting with him. also because of his revulsion to bloodshed and the diary, the one who could say anything to him and traveled with them everywhere, he discloses that he wrote a letter from resignation to gorbachev saying you have surrounded yourself with these people and they are going to story you. he didn't deliver his letter of resignation maybe because his secretary said you can't do this. this is a time when gorbachev needs you so he put it away for a week and decided not to give it to him. he believes gorbachev was not cut and i'm old of the old leader and he really did want to affect on change. >> host: churn nye does quote that line from gorbachev that is in your book that gorbachev when pressed to get rid of those hardliners and the old climate is party and the repressive apparatus said something like i dog on a leash. otherwise it will turn on us and turn on the reforms. what you make of that? >> guest: that was a very interesting moment in 1991 when gorbachev was confronted with rebellion i

w. bush ran unopposed in to thousand four and he also won -- 2004 -- the 2000 iowa caucuses. bob dole won them in 1996 and was the eventual nominee. george hn unopposed in 1992 but bob dole again in 1988 won the caucuses even though he did not get the nomination get ronald reagan unopposed in 1984, george h. w. bush won in 1980 -- that, of course, eventually went to ronald reagan. gerald ford was the nominee and sitting president won in 1976. on the democratic side, barack obama won in 2008, john carey -- kerry won in 2004 -- howard dean, quite a bit in the news, john kerry in 2004. tom harkin, favorite son, won in 1992 but the eventual nominee, bill clinton, came in fourth. 1988, richard gephardt took the caucuses and michael dukakis, who became the nominee, came in third for walter mondale the nominee, also won. 1984. jimmy carter beat kennedy. uncommitted one in 1976 but -- won -- jimmy carter came in second when he got the nomination. 1976, and committed one again -- won again and ed muskie came in second and the eventual nominee, george mcgovern, came in third -- back to your calls. who is the most conservative gop candidate in the ra

h. w. bush,. paradise valley is represented in the house by the son of the former vice president.over 15 minutes. ♪ >> thank you, guys. thank you. welcome, everyone. the american dream. the american dream, you don't wake up one day and all of your dreams become reality. you have to earn less in america. that is the way our country has made such great strides, freedom, not only in freedom of speech but freedom of religion. many of us who are attracted to governor mitt romney understand that our economy is struggling. the very economy that has made us strong and kept us free must be preserved. when we look at the future of america, many of us see that this is uncertain and we have a president who is wrong on the economy. and we have so many candidates out there seeking the office of president but there is only one who has worked 25 years in the private sector who understands the free market and job creation. this is something american needs, desperately. at the time when there is uncertainty in the world, we look for leaders who have proven themselves and understand that it is more

w. bush ran unopposed in to thousand four and he also won the 2000 iowa caucuses. bob dole won them in 1996 and was the eventual nominee. george h. w. bush ran unopposed in 1992 but bob dole again in 1988 won the caucuses even though he did not get the nomination get ronald reagan unopposed in 1984, george h. w. bush won in 1980 -- that, of course, eventually went to ronald reagan. gerald ford was the nominee and sitting president won in 1976. on the democratic side, barack obama won in 2008, john carey won in 2004 -- howard dean, quite a bit in the news, can the third -- john kerry 1 in 2004. tom harkin, favorite son, won in 1992 but the eventual nominee, bill clinton, came in fourth. 1988, richard gephardt took the caucuses and michael dukakis, who became the nominee, came in third for walter mondale the nominee, also won. jimmy carter beat kennedy. uncommitted one in 1976 but jimmy carter came in second when he got the nomination. 1976, and committed one again and ed muskie came in second and the eventual nominee, george mcgovern, came in third -- who is the most conservative gop candidate in the race and is that a point -- t

h. w. busht his chief of staff in a moderate scandal and was still being dogged by iran contra questions. clinton had half a dozen from white water to illegal chinese fund-raisers and so forth. george w. bush hit a record. before his reelection campaign, he had the valerie plane outing, secretary tom wight and enron, the energy task force, the coalition for provisional authority losing hundreds of billions in cash. the national guard awol scandal about his duty. when you think of that, though there is still time for barack obama to be hit, he will be going into this reelection as the first president without a scandal if that fast and furious does not take off for something. all of these won reelection are sizable enough margin that it is really hard to argue that the scandal had much of a difference, but this election, which prognosticators are likely to say will be very close, if someone like newt gingrich is his opponent and barack obama winds up still unscathed by the scandal, it could be som

h. w. bush then had a very different challenge on his hands.aterials back east germany was going to collapse. there are times when intelligence is very influential to policymakers. but there are times when it is overtaken by events. this is one of the classic examples of that happening. i am so fascinated by this and that is why i decided to write a book on it. i think i have exhausted my 15 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, peter. it is a pleasure to be here with old colleagues. it is nice to be back here and a library has been a wonderful addition. i have the opportunity a few months ago and was passed by a british magazine, what should we expect of our intelligence services? what should we reasonably expect? intelligence and the fall of the soviet union. i do not think intelligence is meant to be the prediction business. a lot to forecast, we like to assess. i used to take some comfort in the fact that -- i hope this is true -- predictions of continuity between the weather forecaster. if it is sunny, and it will be sunny until it rains. i us

h. w. bush told a newspaper that romney was his choice. >> i thanked him for his support. his leadership, his heroic life and his friendship, mean a great deal to me. >> reporter: the news came as romney crisscrossed new hampshire by bus and in one small town was truly running for president. four years ago, he lost new hampshire and lost his momentum. this week, on a bus he personally filled with diesel, he named the bus tour, earn it. we asked him to explain. and by that you mean, earn every -- >> exactly. show people that i'm not sitting back assuming people will vote for me because they like my ads. >> reporter: newt gingrich, meanwhile, spent his day in virginia. he's trying to gather the signatures to be on the ballot in virginia, but part of his focus was still in iowa and the negative ads from a super pac backing mitt romney. >> happy to go over all iowa and doesn't mind he is hiding behind millions of dollars in negative ads but doesn't want to defend them. we're coming together very fast in iowa and i suspect we'll be very, very comfetative. my goal is to be in th

h. w. bush. guest: american electric has gotten itself on the ballot in multiple states.uddy roemer and governor johnson have said they will possibly compete for that nomination. there is an appetite for a third party in the country. ron paul is somebody a lot of people think would be similar to ross perot where he could get 18% of the vote. that would hurt republicans. i spoke to an advisor close to ron paul who said this is not happening. he has ruled it out. you never know what can happen with the appetite being what it is. host: welcome. >> i was brought up an islet in the 1950's. i lived there and socialized with most of the people there. [unintelligible] until i got in the navy. then i met a few there. i am told my grandfather was a mormon but i do not know anything about it. could you ever consider having that for the morning call-in? i would like to see what kind of response you get. that is what i want to say. host: may be a better thing would be to have someone come on and talk about the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints and mormons. i appreciate the p

h. w. bush is really not a fan of newt gingrich.> you know, i guess this is another sign of establishment republicans coming out and backing mitt romney. no doubt about this. here we're talking about former president george herbert walker bush. this is the daddy. and in "the houston chronicle" he called the former massachusetts governor the best choice of the 2012 presidential nomination. he went on to say i think he's mature and reasonable and not a bomb thrower. romney himself said he had no idea the endorsement was coming. what did bush have to say about gingrich? not a lot of good things. he said, i'm not his biggest advocate. >> and, paul, you know, looking at those pictures there we also think that another person who endorsed mitt romney, governor chris christie, but now his name is back in the rumor mill, not for president, but for a different position potentially. >> yeah, deb, i tell you, listen, i lost my ear piece here, i'm sorry, it fell out and i'll be putting it right back in as you show this video of christie and romn

h. w. bushand during of the ronald reagan at the ministry should he served as undersecretary and assistant secretary of the u.s. department of commerce where he was responsible for the trade development export promotion and international travel and tourism yet he was appointed by the florida governor and charlie crist to speak on the state board. both serve on the board of directors on the american investors. chuck is a double gratuitous stamford the we can't claim him as an alumni he is a longtime member of the chairman of the board of the member of miami's board of trustees. the diplomatic dynamic duo, the ambassadors cobb. [applause] >> thank you, president shalala. dr. rice, ambassador, guests, we are pleased to have all of you here. this whole thing is sort of unfolded around the interests of my husband and leadership, so when we have been able to have outstanding leaders come through this area, we have arranged to have the university of miami students and guests participated and that's bee

h. w. bush and his wife barbara at the houston home on thursday.e bushes have not act a candidate as governor romney makes a courtesy call. next up is raleigh, north carolina. and republican. what's on your mind? >> caller: i was just curious why is -- by witnessing coverage in the news over certain situations like stern who is a supporter of the president and also you've got bill payers has come to light now that he admitted he held a fundraiser. if you read in "the wall street journal," andy stern's statement of how china is beating us because of their perfect communist system, that should raise alarms at one end a state. this was brought out in 2008 with these two individuals around the president composed a lot of others that are hard-core leftists, socialists, and a gentleman earlier was talking about, he wonders why they're such endeavors -- double standard of republican and democrats in congress being able to not be held to the same rule of law that we are. it's called rule class to but a fortunate we have up to now is a leftist radical class

h. w. bush lost his chief of staff in a moderate scandal and was still being dogged by iran contra questions. clinton had half a doze n from white water to illegal chinese fund-raisers and so forth. george w. bush hit a record. before his reelection campaign, he had the valerie plane outing, secretary tom wight and enron, the energy task force, the coalition for provisional authority losing hundreds of billions in cash. the national guard a wall scandal -- awol scandal about his duty. when you think of that, though there is still time for barack obama to be hit, he will be going into this reelection as the first president without a scandal if that fast and furious does not take off for something. all of these won reelection are sizable enough margin that it is really hard to argue that the scandal had much of a difference, but this election, which prognosticators are likely to say will be very close, if someone like newt gingrich is his opponent and barack obama winds up still on skid by the sca

h. w. bushy 19 points, and we have to get independents and democrats in 1994 we ran a totally positive campaign and we ended up with the largest one- party increase in american history. the key to the campaign was you had to be positive because independents and democrats he did partisanship, so we designed and stay with for six months it deliberately caused the campaign which drew in people. i would run on big issues. not running to be the republican president. i am running to be an american president. 79% of americans want an american energy plan. over 90% of the country believes our rights come from our creator and we should respect that. over 90%. if you pick the right -- i will give you an example. president obama has been the most successful food stamp president in history. it is a fact. i would like to be the most successful paycheck president in history. [applause] if you go into any neighborhood of any ethnic background in america, and you say, would you rather your children have food st

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